Per Act Risk Hiv Transmission

Dr.Bob I was reading through the archives and I came across a post that said " If you use a hypodermic needle directly after an HIV infected person used it to inject illegal drugs, the odds of you getting infected with HIV are 67/10000???" How do...

...partner by injection-drug users and receptive anal intercourse with a poz partner. Considering the consequences of HIV disease, a risk of 67 per 10,000 exposures is indeed very significant!Dr. Bob
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...and health advocates are concerned that "increasingly extreme sex acts" may be putting pornographic film actors at a greater risk of contractingHIV and other sexually transmitted diseases, the Los Angeles Times reports. The adult film...
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...Australian study published in the February 4, 2010, advance online edition of AIDS yielded the unexpected finding that the risk of transmission per act of sex between men -- in particular uncircumcised men -- appears not to have fallen since...
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...excluded from the activities or services of a private or public entity because of a health concern only if they pose a significant risk to the health or safety of others, known as a "direct threat," that cannot be eliminated or reduced to an...
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...13-year-old boy from central Indiana contractedHIV/AIDS from a transfusion. Doctors assured people that Ryan White posed no risk to his classmates or his community. But ignorance was still widespread. People didn't yet understand or believe that...
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...nine or 10 times a month, and over time, 38 people became infected. Earlier data from the same research team showed that the risk of people transmitting HIV is slight if the amount of virus in their bloodstream is low. Those findings have...
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...bleeding was present, yet I instantly panicked. Upon discussing it with the guy, he shared some concerning information about risky behavior, long-time refusal to test, and AIDS-related death of a partner. I sank into a severe period of HIV...
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...Went to the clinic and got shots and meds for the usual STDs (which seemed to clear up the sore throat) and was told I was low risk for HIV. Three months later, I'm having all the symptoms again--swollen lymph nodes, insomnia, fatigue during the...
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